Beach Retreat & Lodge at Tahoe

Working with Carah and the Beach retreat team was great! We had such a beautiful wedding, the food was delicious, and our guests had an amazing time! This was the best wedding venue for the value that we could find. Highly recommend for your special day!

The Beach Retreat and Lodge at Tahoe was the only venue who quickly got back to us after we had contacted them with interest and questions. Carah was super helpful and helped us get everything planned and set for our big day. The other staff were also very kind and the food was amazing. (I still think about the cookies lol) The bartender was also kind we even stayed and chatted with him for awhile the night of our wedding. The venue itself was beautiful and the whole process went so smoothly. For those who are looking I would definitely recommend chatting with Carah with questions.

The ceremony area, reception building, and reception tent are so beautiful. It’s truly a beautiful place to get married. The fire pits and s’mores at night were so much fun. Even the tiki bar was a lot of fun. The hotel sits in a great area where there’s a trail to walk into town and a grocery store across the street. There’s a super cute wine bar a block away. The reason I gave this place low stars is because the hotel rooms are not that great. They are run down and definitely not worth what they charge for them. The shower water does fluctuate based on people using it. Also, our sales manager was terrible! She tried charging us more money and I had to prove she provided the invoice based on our request. She also tried to charge us for 6 kids meals when all along we told her we would only have one kid. Even the document we provided showed 1 kids meal. It was very disappointing I had to do her job for her and keep resending things I’ve already provided. What’s worse is there was no apologies for the misunderstanding. I was happy I didn’t see her the day of the wedding and was done working with her. She is a very nice person, but is terrible at her job. We had to remind her to take out our payments when they were due, so essentially we did her job for her. Also, the manager at the hotel was terrible. My mom, sister, brother, and I had to have 4 different key cards because they kept deactivating them. This was in a matter of 2 days. This was all because we had to make 2 reservations for the rooms because the wedding code for the rooms didn’t start until Thursday and we got to the hotel on Tuesday. The manager just said he’d look into it. The night we got married our coordinator accessed our room to put all the decor up there and once we got to the room the card was deactivated. We felt we couldn’t enjoy our vacation because we were in the lobby a lot! Also, house keeping unannounced themselves and just opened the door to our room and suddenly left. This is very unprofessional. I had to call the desk to ask if it was housekeeping or did they give our room to someone else. If you want a beautiful wedding, this place is definitely it, but just know it may come with headaches.

This venue was absolutely perfect!!! My husband and I got married here last weekend (in September) and everything was perfect. The beach front ceremony was such a beautiful sight and the reception in the tent was amazing. Chelsea was SO helpful the entire process. She is so attentive, a great communicator and just awesome to work with. We are so grateful and cannot recommend this venue enough!!!!

Our day could not have been more perfect or gone more smoothly! Chelsea was a dream to work with through the entire process. When we arrived on site and there were a few issues with one of the guest rooms she immediately jumped into action to remedy the situation. She graciously answered all my questions through out the planning process and was overall just the sweetest person to work with. The food was delicious, the bar tenders were fantastic, the space looked beautiful and everything ran flawlessly from start to finish.

Chelsea was fantastic to work with from start to finish! With living in Minnesota and planning a wedding in California, Chelsea made the process so smooth! I would highly recommended anyone to visit, or get married at Beach Retreat!

The location is beautiful, right on the beach. Super convenient to everything in town. The food was awesome, having the tiki bar right on the beach was a huge plus. Most of the guests hung out here all weekend. Chelsea was helpful as the Sales Manager but you'll definitely want to hire a wedding coordinator if you choose this place. If you're wedding is after 5pm, Chelsea will not be there to help direct staff or anything else. Some of the outdoor lights weren't working for our reception and no heaters were made available to us. But the next night when they had an event, everything worked and was out. Staff was EXTREMELY rude. Because we didn't opt to hire a coordinator, we had to start setting up early which apparently was an issue with the staff... they made lots of rude comments to guests and family while setting up and take down of the event. Such as "We love our job but you have to get the F*** out." We stayed for a week, we weren't able to get our room cleaned until the very last day even though we called every single morning for them to do so. Imagine setting up for a wedding (flowers, bridesmaids, decorations etc) and not having anyone clean that up for a week. When they did come clean, we actually asked them NOT to because we would not be there and we had wedding gifts and a lot of trash all over(from setting up a wedding) that we wanted to help with. We even put the DO NOT DISTURB SIGN ON THE DOOR, they completely violated our privacy and went in and cleaned anyways. on the last day! LOL. Obviously mad, we went to the front desk to complain and the receptionist actually told us to F*** Off and flipped the bird. Someone else came out and fired her on the spot. There was another instance when housekeeping just walked into our room the morning of checkout before check out time... no knock or anything. Not cool at all. Just atrocious service and respect from the employees of this place. On top of all that our suite had a leaking sink and broken shower door. You'd think that after spending $30k++ for this place that'd you'd get some basic service and amenities. No phone service in this particular spot on the lake and their WiFi at Beach Retreat is even worse. Like I said the location is beautiful and convenient, but a lot of places in Tahoe are. Weddings aren't cheap in Tahoe but your money will go much further somewhere else. The place is run down and understaffed and overbooked. Chelsea did offer us a little less than 10% back of the total cost which was nice but its still a lot of money to have a sour taste in your mouth afterwards.

Couldn't have gone better!! The most perfect vibes for a Lake Tahoe wedding. I cannot say enough good things about the venue itself and the staff (especially Chelsea H, the Catering Sales Manager). We opted for an all-outdoors wedding, they offer a ceremony location RIGHT on the shore with the mountains and lake as a perfect uninterrupted backdrop (our guests were in awe). One of my favorite unexpected touches is that the first 30 ft of the aisle is lined with tall, beautiful pines then you finish the special walk on the sand looking forward to the most breathtaking view... a truly unique and special aspect of the day. And we chose the white tent for our dinner and rehearsal. Beach Retreat adds a few touches to soften the ceiling (lights and curtains) which are beautiful. The tent and dancefloor both have sweeping views of the lake and mountains too. They have totally reasonable rules/guidelines for allowing DIY decorations and are flexible to customer asks. Chelsea specifically was so SO accommodating to all our requests and went above and beyond to make things go smoothly. She's responsive, kind, fun, always happy to help/offer guidance, and really made this whole intimidating process not only manageable, but enjoyable. I also have to give credit to the food! We chose buffet dinner, and the food was EVEN BETTER on the night of than when we did the tasting! We got so many compliments from guests that it was "the best wedding food they'd ever had." Chelsea's team, from reception desk to bartenders, were all cheery and congratulatory which calmed nerves and set the tone for the whole weekend. OH and the Tiki Bar is such and added perk! Our bridal party and family loved spending their downtime there and it was a perfect on site spot to grab post-rehearsal drinks. I literally cannot picture having our wedding anywhere else, it was everything we could have hoped for and more.

We used this venue for my daughters wedding! It turned out better than I could ever have imagined! Chelsea did an amazing job taking care of us all. She made sure nothing would mess up my daughters best day of her life. We had lots of snow and it was cold but absolutely beautiful! I would recommend anyone to do their wedding here and you will not be disappointed!

My husband and I had the most beautiful experience in July at the Beach Retreat and Lodge. The whole scene was beautiful and we loved how all the photos turned out! Chelsea was more than accommodating during this stressful time in creating our vision. She is kind, hilarious and helped meet all our needs. The food was delicious and we thoroughly enjoyed the taste testing. The guests were impressed with the view, food and layout! Our destination wedding ended up being a huge success and we are so grateful for our experience at the Beach Retreat. Such a memorable day with breathtaking views, great people, good eats and lots of dancing!! If you have any hesitations, don't!

My husband Cody and I had our destination wedding here 8/19/2022 & it was everything we could have ever wanted! Not only did event staff make the day look beautiful and run smoothly but Chelsea went above & beyond to help ease any extra stress during planning. She was so quick to respond to any questions, easy to reach to plan a tasting visit, and honestly someone I think I can call a friend now! We felt so welcomed and so at home. I will be singing praises about this venue forever! We are so happy we chose to get married here. Our guests not only loved our ceremony site and our tent reception but they stayed at the hotel & thought it was absolutely great!

We had our wedding here last month and it was beautiful! We had our ceremony on the beach and the reception in the tent. Chelsea was great to deal with even when it rained on our wedding day!

I cannot say enough about how truly fabulous Chelsea and this venue are! Our wedding here last month was magical and exactly how we were hoping it would be. Chelsea was on top of everything down to ordering the beautiful orange table linens we wanted to making sure everything was set up perfectly. The food was amazing too. Everything was perfect, our wedding on the beach was exactly how we dreamed it would be. We got beautiful wedding pictures on the beach and the dock too. We highly recommend the Tahoe Beach Retreat and Chelsea for your wedding, they did an outstanding job for ours. Also want to mention, it is a really fun place with rooms right on the beach for family and friends to stay for your event which makes it even more special. You can’t go wrong choosing this venue!

We absolutely loved this wedding venue. We got married right on the beach and had the reception in the beachfront tent with the most stunning view the entire time. We worked with Chelsea the sales manager who was such a pleasure to work with. She made everything so easy and she was very responsive. If I had any questions she was quick to answer and helped me through all of the planning stages. The pictures from the ceremony and reception are stunning and we had access to the pier for individual pictures which provided the most beautiful background. The staff are all so friendly and they were great with the set up and take down. The food was amazing all of our guests enjoyed it. If you are looking for a venue in the Lake Tahoe area, this is the place.

We started our wedding planning pre-pandemic in January 2020 and decided to postpone to 2022 in order to have a majority of our family attend. During the two year process we experienced several changes in wedding coordinators and policies. The communication with the Beach Retreat and Lodge was always exceptional. Through the unknowns the staff made us feel supported and that our wedding day would come to fruition as expected. Every step of the way the customer service was amazing. The day of our wedding ran seamlessly. We had a BLAST! We worked with Chelsea as our wedding sales coordinator. She was easy to reach via email and phone, and was always very responsive. The day of our wedding Chelsea was behind the scenes making sure all the little details were in place. The BRL staff truly made the experience for us. From the front desk, to the chef, housekeepers, servers, and bartenders, everyone was friendly and worked so hard to make our day truly magical. Thanks ya'll!

The venue was beautiful and was perfectly set up for our ceremony and reception. Chelsea was very helpful in planning our wedding and was very responsive and answered all of our questions. She constantly communicated with us throughout the planning process to make sure we had everything planned before our day. We had a great time, the catered food and beverages were all very good. The staff on site during the reception was very friendly and helpful throughout the day, they made sure we had a wonderful experience. Would highly recommend working with Chelsea and booking beach retreat.

We had an amazing experience with this venue for our wedding we just had in June 2022. The first coordinator we had (Kelsey) was not very helpful and we had a lot of mix-ups and miscommunications, but once she was gone, the GM, Rachel, was also very organized and helpful, and once the new coordinator Chelsea Hermann was hired, it was smooth sailing from there! Everything from clear and quick communications, to the beautiful tasting, to the actual wedding day! The staff were so nice and accommodating, the food was AMAZING (something we were worried about, but everyone raved about the food as we knew they would), and the setting speaks for itself, it was so beautiful. Definitely a bonus that we got to access the pier for photos. I literally can't think of anything the venue did wrong! The only mixups were a result of my personal wedding coordinator (not Chelsea, but someone else I hired for day-of), so for any future brides/grooms out there, I would recommend getting a wedding coordinator who is local (mine was not local and we were not pleased with some of the stuff she got wrong). Except for the wedding coordinator, we used all vendors that were on the venue's preferred vendor's list and they all KILLED IT! Absolutely fabulous! Shoutout to DJ Dave, Twine and Floral Co, and Tahoe Wedding Cakes! Would highly recommend just using all the preferred vendors the venue recommends. They were all amazing.

We had THE BEST wedding here earlier in June! Initially booked pre pandemic and they worked with us in postponing and making sure every event from rehearsal to brunch the day after our wedding was special and unique to us! All of our guests kept saying it was the best wedding they’ve ever been to including their own! The staff, accommodations, and Chelsea were all amazing at helping to curate our perfect day!

The Beach Retreat was the only venue we looked at. The beach ceremony and reception hall were exactly what we were hoping for. Couldn't pass up the beauty of a lakeside wedding. Chelsea was great to work with, she helped me stay on top of things. The food was excellent, our guests enjoyed their meal, and they worked with my food allergies. The service was smooth and everyone was very nice. Couldn't have asked for a better wedding.

What a gem in South Lake Tahoe! We had our wedding at the Beach Retreat in December and it could not have been better. The rooms were great and well taken care of, the grounds are beautiful and the customer service was impeccable. A shout out to Anastasia at the front desk. When our families arrived she was welcoming, helpful and so attentive. Our families were singing her praises. Rachel was such a big help in coordinating our wedding. She was quick to respond to emails and phone calls. She went above and beyond even helping us with the rehearsal. Rachel made sure everything was in order and was very perceptive to our needs and wants throughout the entire process. She helped with the planning, the wedding ceremony and reception and all the post- wedding activities and loose ends. The venue is just beautiful. We had a lovely beach front ceremony, where the aisle you walk down is between the trees, simple gorgeous. Our guest had a great view of the lake and the mountains. It was followed up my a great reception that included a fire pit and s'more station! Chef's food was delicious and our guest raved about the appetizers. Make sure you get the risotto balls and pear-gorgonzola flat bread. Erin behind the bar did a great job. She knew our preferred drinks and made sure our guests were well taken care of all night long. We had such a wonderful wedding at the Beach Treat and Lodge! We couldn't have asked for anything more, it was perfect!

We stayed here the week of our wedding (we did not actually get married here) and were not super impressed with our stay. The first room they put us in was dirty and the bathroom looked as if it had not been cleaned before we checked in. There was garbage piling up in the hall outside of our room and there was a weird smell in the room. We talked with management and requested a new room which was much better. The restaurant on the pier and the sports bar weren't open at all while we were there which was disappointing. The hotel is located right on the beach which is nice and the tiki bar was open and fun. Overall, our experience there was just fine, wish it would have been better for our wedding week.

Very disappointed in the service from Beach Retreat, during Covid and later when we ultimately had to cancel our event. The lack of communication was extremely frustrating. We understand these were difficult times but we paid a very large deposit and expect a level of service, or at least communication. The horrible service is part of the reason we cancelled, in addition to concerns with Covid. I heard of other venues being easy to work with and allow dates to be pushed out but Beach Retreat guilted you for being concerned and refused to let you do anything until 60 days out. Who can plan a wedding in 60 days, especially in the middle of a pandemic. Not to mention the respect for vendors, leaving them hanging because the venue has us backed into a corner. After cancellation the communication got even worse, I didn’t think that was possible, but it took multiple attempts to get confirmation that our room booking and all of our guests rooms were cancelled. Even worse, the week of the planned wedding date, we and all of our guests received emails confirming our stay. When calling the front desk to re-confirm cancellation, she was rude. Additionally, supposedly we get our deposit back if they book a wedding for our date of similar size and I have made many attempts to get ahold of them to confirm if they re-booked, of course NO REPLY. Obviously they need our deposit to survive. Beach Retreat is a facade. Location is great but their service is horrible and wedding team employees left multiple times during our 2 year planning process which typically means they don’t treat their employees right. Be careful of this place. Your wedding day or wedding cancelation is stressful enough without horrible service from the venue.

My wedding was perfect because I had my amazing husband and family to share it with. However, the venue was less than ideal. Here are some of the things the venue screwed up: - Hotel reservations website was down from sept-December timeframe (around 1-3 months so guests couldn’t book) - Guest rooms weren’t cancelled as requested due to COVID - Guests received “confirmation” emails saying they were looking forward to seeing them after we cancelled the rooms due to COVID - Our wedding contact at the beach retreat quit 9 days before the wedding - Venue had a fight break out on memorial weekend and the police now have them on their radar - Venue said the groomsman suite has electrical problems and we can’t use it the day before we checked in - Venue cancelled our dj because they were concerned it would bring too much attention, even though a small outdoor wedding is legal with Covid. They also didn’t tell me this, luckily the DJ called the day before to confirm they were cancelled However, the venue was kind enough to let us use the beach for a legal outdoor covid ceremony as well as move inside when it started raining.

It was beautiful, and the staff was really helpful and kind.

The Beach Retreat and Lodge is an amazing lake front location for your wedding! I am so happy I chose Beach Retreat and Lodge as my venue. The lakeside ceremony offers fantastic views and the conference center is perfect for your reception. They have plenty of rooms to accommodate all your guests as well. Kaitlyn, the wedding and catering sales manager, was a pleasure to work with. She’s very thorough and detail oriented. For much of my planning process I did not have a coordinator. Kaitlyn worked directly with me and walked me through everything to make sure the wedding day would be how I envisioned. The day of my wedding the forecast called for rain and possible snow and I was planning on an outdoor ceremony! Kaitlyn and the Beach Retreat staff monitored the weather for me and were prepared to move the ceremony indoors if necessary. I really appreciated how flexible they were with the setup so that I could have my ceremony outside! The weather held and we were able to move forward things as planned. I selected the buffet for my reception meal option and it did not disappoint. The food was very good and the serving staff was incredibly friendly and professional. The Beach Retreat and Lodge is an amazing South Lake Tahoe location to have your wedding!

I would highly recommend getting married here, however I would recommend asking for anyone's help there other than Kaitlyn Gullixson. She is extremely unprofessional and condescending. Most likely, she will skip scheduled phone calls, talk down to you, not listen to what you want, lie to you and then when you're irritated ask you" well what can I do to clear the air here, I need to keep my reputation intact?" The views almost made up for the lack of professional we encountered at this place.

The venue was gorgeous!! We had a beach ceremony with the tented reception. Brooke and Lori were fantastic. Brooke is the event coordinator and she was beyond helpful throughout the whole process. She was very in tune with the ideas I had and the style I was going for. I didn’t have to worry about a thing on my wedding day. She had everything set and ready to go, if we needed to switch up anything (which we did) she was on top of it. The wait staff and bartender were fantastic that evening as well. Overall an amazing and flawless experience!

We did not stay at the hotel but the venue was perfect. The staff was great for the wedding and helped in every way possible. Their wedding coordinators were amazing though the whole process! The were there at every step and answered every questions I had. I don't live in South Tahoe so communication was key in the process and they communicated more then I thought they would.

We loved this location the second we saw it. We had a great initial meeting with the facility and obtained a quote. Unfortunately, it went down hill from there. We set up a meeting to sign the contract and they were supposed to have the contract to us two weeks in advance of the meeting. A week prior I emailed and called to follow up and no one would return my calls or emails. Two days before I finally got ahold of someone and got the contract however they forgot to out our meeting on the calendar. Additionally, they originally were not going to honor part of the quote and only when I provided the quote they gave me with the information written in their handwriting, did they honor it. Since we were planning our wedding a year in advance, I figured the communication would get better the closer we got to the date, but it did not. They would not respond to our emails until I sent follow up emails. They would not provide us with the information we requested in a timely manor. There were always excuses and we were constantly told that they had other events happening. When I finally expressed my concerns I was told that I needed to let the past be the past and move on, that I was difficult to work with and their staff was scared to work with me, that my wedding was not a "big" event for their facility, and that I should consider switching venues. Given the amount of stress this venue caused me during this time, I would have gladly moved our wedding to another venue however we did not have time and everything was already printed with their venue on it. I ended up hiring a day-of coordinator because I had no faith in the facility. About three weeks prior to our wedding date we had to escalate our issues up their chain of command and our day-of coordinator had to step in. In the last couple of weeks leading up to the wedding we had to go over everything we had thought we had already accomplished again. The only reason I am giving them two stars instead of one is that they did eventually pull it all together and we had the wedding we dreamed of. If you do choose to go with this venue, please go into it knowing they will cause you lots of unnecessary stress. This facility was by far the hardest vendor we worked with during the planning of our wedding. Also, get everything in writing.

Got my dream beach wedding! The views are amazing. We had a relatively small event, and it was handled awesomely. Lori and the staff were awesome, and I didn't have to worry much about details on my wedding day (just a couple of questions to verify how I wanted decorations). We had a morning wedding with a brunch reception, and the food was delicious. We even had a couple of ducks crash our reception! They recently remodeled and the results are wonderful. They lobby/restaurant area is very nice, and sitting in the hot tub or around the firepit in the evenings is quite fun and relaxing.

Food was different than wheat was ordered, tasted and confirmed. WHen confronted on the issue the excuse was " we got a new chef a month ago" this was not addressed with us. we were not provided waitors. instead the coordinator and bartender served food. this means there was no alcohol served with dinner because our one bar tender was serving food. so much for paying extra for an open bar. to top it off our "servers" were rude. telling our guests who requested lemon for their salmon to " go get it themselves from the bar" but there was no bartender there to even give them lemon. the rooms were way over priced. we had 20+ people staying there and we heard complaints form at least half of them about the thermostat not working, mold in bathrooms, unobtainable mini fridges. maintenance not knocking and just walking in the room on my maid of honor naked, extra charges for movies that weren't ordered, one groomsman checked into an already occupied room. back to the bartender- she was apparently unaware that we paid for an open bar because we caught her SELLING beer and wine to multiple guests. the whole thing was disgustingly disappointing. I could go on for days witht he things that went wrong..... but ill end in saying... just don't put yourself through the trouble and don't get married there. when I addressed theses issues they were completely defensive and did not accept responsibility for anything that went wrong and had zero empathy in the fact that our day waws filled with so much additional stress due to them, nothing was well organized, and they were understaffed at our expense..... even the food that was confirmed... I should have RECONFIRMED it prior to the wedding and it would have never happened.... BS